Vehicle.



No. 894,074. PATENTED JULY 21, 1908.

' w. N... SNOW.

VEHICLE.

' APPLIUATION FILED JUNE 15, 1907.

" Y-IBYM ATTORNEYS WILLIE N. SNOW, OF SNOWVILLE, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

VEHICLE Application filed June 15, 1907.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WVILLIE N. SNow, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Snowville, in the county of Carroll and State of NewHampshire, have invented a new and Improved Vehicle, of which'thefollowing is a full, clear, and-exact description.

This invention relates to vehicles and it is useful in connection withvehicles mounted on runners for operation upon snow, ice and the like.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple, strong and eliicientvehicle in which the body is resiliently mounted upon supportsconstituting runners, wheels and the like, and in which the body isconstantly maintainedparallel to the supports, re ardless of the pointof the body at which tie load is applied.

A further object of the invention is to provide a vehicle having meansfor maintaining the body constantly parallel to the supports, and forresiliently holding the body in the normal position with respect to thesupports.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of parts, tobe more particularly described hereinafter and fully set forth in theclaims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorrespondingparts in all the figures, and in which Figure 1 is a sideelevation of a vehicle showing my invention applied thereto; Fig. 2 is abottom or plan view of a vehicle body having my invention appliedthereto; and Fig. 8 is a rear elevation of the supporting members,showing parts in cross-section.

Before proceeding to a more detailed eX- planation of my invention, itshould be understood that in certain classes of vehicles the relativeposition of the body with respect to the vehicle supports, depends uponthe position of the load or weight carried by the vehicle body, so thatif the weight is applied at one end the body will be inclined withrespect to the supports, the inclination being due to the supporting ofthe body upon independent springs near the ends thereof. In the type ofvehicles, such as sleighs, where the weight carried is normally locatednear one end of the body, this condition must be overcome by usingsprings of different strengths or in other ways, so that when the bodyis without an imposed load or in the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 21, 1908.

Serial No. 379,169.

ing the body in the normal position, prefer.

ably a spring restraining the movement of the body towards or withrespect to the supports. 7

lteferring more particularly to the drawings, lrepresents the body of asleigh having i a dashboard 2 at one end and a seat 3 at the other orrear extremity. As the seat is arranged near the rear end of the sleighthe weight carried by the body of the same would thus bebrought to hearat that end of the body. The body 1 is mounted upon supports 4,comprising in this case the runners 5 and the parallel,longitudinalrunner mem bore 6' joined by the runner braces 7, 8 and 9. A transversesupporting bar 10 is pivot-- ally mounted upon the underside of thesleigh bodyin bearingbrackets 11. The bar 10 has offset portions 12constituting links, the extremities of the links being disposed parallelto the body '10 of the bar and having journals 13 and integralj ournalcollars 14. Thebraces 7 of the supports are provided with ournalbearings 15 in which the journals 13 are pivotally mounted and securedin place by means of nuts 16.

Similar link members 17 are pivotally mounted at the under side of thebody near the rear end of the same, in suitable bearing brackets 18. Thelink members have offset portions 19 constituting links and having atthe extremities, journals 20 similar to the journals 13 and alsoprovided with journal collars 21. The opposite parts of the link members17 are formed into integral helical springs 22 having the ends 23laterally disposed with respect to the link members 17, and arranged insleeves 24 of a sleeve bracket 25 carried by the under side of the body.The extremities 23 have eyes 26for1ned therein, by means of which theyare rigidly bolted to the body. The journals 20 are pivotally mounted insuitable journal bearings 27 formed in the runner braces 9 and aresecured in place therein by means of nuts 28.

It will be understood that the links 12 and 19 being similar andparallel, constantly maintain the body 1 parallel to the supports l. Themovement of the body towards the supports is restrained by the helicalsprings v the body, regardless of the point of application, the entirebody is depressed uniformly towards the supports, depending upon theweight of the load carried.

Having thus described my invention I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent:

1. A vehicle, comprising a body, runners for supporting said body, .andlinks secured to said body and journaled at said runners for maintainingsaid body parallel to said runners, one of said links having resilientmeans for holding said body in a normal position with respect to saidrunners.

2. A vehicle, comprising a body, runners for supporting said body, andlinks pivoted to said body and ournaled at said runners, said linksserving to maintain said body parallel to said runners, one of saidlinks having an integral support rigidly secured to said body.

3. A vehicle, comprising a body, runners for supporting said body, andlinks pivoted to said body and journaled at said runners,

said links serving to maintain said body parallel to said runners in allrelative positions of said body and said runners, one of said linkshaving an integral spring, said spring having an end laterally disposedand rigidly secured to said body;

l. A vehicle, comprising a body, runners for supporting said body,elongated members disposed transversely of said body and secured to thesame and having ends journaled at said runners, said members havingoffset portions constituting links, one of said members having anintegral spring and being rigid with said body at the side of saidspring remote from the adjacent runner.

5. A vehicle, comprising a body, runners supporting said body, elongatedmembers disposed transversely of said body and pivotally secured to thesame, said members having the ends journaled at said runners, saidmembers having laterally offset portions between said runners and saidbody and constituting links, one of said members having an integralspring and a laterally disposed arm rigidly mounted up on said bodybeyond said spring.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

l/VILLIE N. SNOl/V. l/Vitnesses EVERETT J. WVHITE, JOHN C. L. W001).

